Brand new M4 Mac Mini Upgrade SSD | 256GB To 2TB

[@kingsener]

www.batterymall.com/collections/iphone-battery-replacement-tools

[@mateuszw.812]

where I can get this nand chip's? they have to be totally clean or have to be programmed as in macbooks(0,1,2,3)?

[@nastybadger-tn4kl]

it sucks. My keyboard unresponsive. Type few words and it thinks. I called apple support they said they dont support non apple keyboard and mouse.. Most youtube viewers are LIARS

[@ninline2000]

@@nastybadger-tn4kl Bluetooth?

[@Giovanni2862]

peccato sono sempre sold-out

[@cyberlizardcouk]

we need someone to start selling pre-assembled drives as most people do not have hot air soldering stations and the tools to make a good job of it.

[@pincopallo6]

you cannot pre-assemble anything because you MUST use the same controller chip of your original Mac, the only thing you can do is changing the NAND flash chips.

[@davidraso]

@@pincopallo6 there are companies that are starting the make pre-assembled storage modules for the Mac Studio. So it should be possible with the MacMini. The SSD controller is not on the storage module it’s in the SOC. That storage module is primarily the NAND flash and power regulators.

[@zenmaster24]

​@@pincopallo6 are the storage modules not like the mac studio's where the controller is on the logic board and only the nand's are on the daughter boards? That would make them able to be pre-assembled and thus portable wouldnt it? the only thing that sucks is that you need access to another mac with configurator on it

[@pincopallo6]

@@davidraso give me some links of these companies

[@6581punk]

This is Apple, they don't do user up-gradable computers any more. Apple wants all the cash. The SSD module will be serialised to the computer so you can't upgrade it yourself. That is if it's following every other Apple machine of late.

[@pipipip815]

You made it look easy. I would so totally screw it up and wreck the Mac.

[@pimisi]

No company should create products, especially computers, that are not easily upgradable, merely to charge exorbitant prices for upgraded versions. To upgrade the M4 Mac Mini from 16GB RAM and 256GB storage to 32GB RAM and 512GB storage, one would have to pay nearly the equivalent of the price of a new base M4 Mac Mini. What does that imply? That the rest of the components in the computer cost nothing to justify such an upgrade price? Apple’s greed is excessive, and one day it could lead to their downfall. The EU should step in on this issue again.

[@Akaroseven]

Welcome to apple hell. It has been with these anti-user practices for years. The prices are a mega steal.

[@etyrnal]

you are so incredibly wrong. you are asking technology companies to build computers for the least common denominator. you are basically saying hey apple, don't build sports cars with twin turbochargers built into them in them, because twin turbochargers can't easily be stuck in my station wagon

[@etyrnal]

are you also the kind of guy who would suggest that in a race the fastest runner should have to wear weighted shoes so that they can't get out ahead of the other racers?

[@etyrnal]

the ironic thing is this, you're not yelling at all of the other computer manufacturers who put the lowest quality components in their computers, instead you're yelling at the one company who says money is no object and fits their computers with the best of everything, and sells them at prices that reflect this. there are other computers you can buy that are cheaper. into the performance of those cheaper computers matches the pricing structure. so if you want a cheaper computer get a cheaper computer. if you want the best...

[@pimisi]

@@tropevp33 I have two Macs, two iPads, two iPhones, and a solid Windows computer. That doesn’t mean I can’t voice my opinion about a company’s bad practices.

[@KitLaughlin]

Excellent; please consider making and selling the whole board!

[@robertjakubowski5016]

This is exactly what I was waiting for and probably in Poland it is already possible to make such a bold SSD upgrade from 128 GB to 2 TB, this is fantastic news for all those who are going to spend 3,000 on a Mac mini M4, the precision with which you handle the apple is worthy of the highest praise, bravo

[@michaelo.1699]

Having all these tools and skill would cost more than mini itself

[@sachinmesta4238]

loved that meme of cat saying NO NO NO, Excellent video as always

[@ericxueAAA]

How much do you charge for this service?

[@CorradoVR6z]

I wonder how long it will take before we see new boards available to upgrade the storage instead of having to upgrade the nand.

[@pincopallo6]

ten years! LOL !!!

[@MrSamPhoenix]

Years

[@hugo31]

and Apple will brick them with a firmware update

[@ZaberfangX]

@@hugo31 pretty much won't be long

[@albertomadeira7779]

For china, It Won't be long😂

[@D.u.d.e.r]

Beautiful clean and professional work, great job! U should offer courses and I am first to sign up👍

[@danielborges.]

How cool is that! Great job!

[@BrentSmithline]

Great to see if third parties come out with memory upgrades for the new Apple M4 Mac mini that this is something that even this old man could do.

[@robertp457]

Storage upgrades not memory upgrades.

[@pcuimac]

It's absurd Apple even produces 256GB machines. What a waste of chips.

[@lifewithmace2338]

true

[@indiekiduk]

What is the Rosen for? I have not seen that before.

[@maks-yaremenko]

to hold it in place and to avoid corosion

[@neshco]

Instead of flux.

[@MxAvA]

Rosin on metal contacts seems to attract solder. I would always put rosin on a contact before soldering anything to that contact. If you want to remove solder, put rosin on a mesh of tiny wires, touch to soldered area, and heat it up. Solder will flow to wires with rosin.

[@kamaboko1]

Next video, let me show you how to remove your own gallbladder.

[@kingsener]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wfp9378]

@@kamaboko1 thank you so very much. I haven’t laughed out loud for years. But this one broke my silence. Was laughing and laughing. 5 minutes later I am still laughing. Thank you so much. Have to agree that this is beyond my abilities.

[@Youtubedixtorian-z6d]

@@kamaboko1 are you trying to threaten l

[@Blackcougar22]

he probably can do it too. he is chinese

[@lytg9770]

You know what would be nice if someone just sell just thus unit rather than we needing to take to shop and replace

[@Helios.vfx.]

I think that will be an issue. There's a reason they are replacing the NAD module rather than the whole thing. The whole as such, is signed up by Apple. But the nands itsellf are free, to put it somehow into words. If we'd get random boards and place them, I'm sure they won't work

[@garretreed9709]

each chip is paired to the computer itself so people would need to send in their SSD to get upgraded, its the only way

[@dilip.rajkumar]

What was the SSD speed test before and after the upgrade?

[@masterblaster9974]

and that way you lose the warranty hahaha, if you have it for whiskey you have it for ice

[@wieland12]

You are an artist

[@lmnzxx]

do you have any videos of you restoring the data from the removed nand?

[@Dave-PL]

Now please do an another video with expansion to 8TB 😅😅

[@niyazzmoithu20]

8TB is possible only on pro/max chips.

[@etyrnal]

why? because it's limited in the firmware? isn't the operating system 64-bit? why wouldn't the controller be able to handle that size data pool?

[@thecarpy]

@@etyrnal They use different hardware, the memory modules look very different.

[@bilalahsan678]

Super Simple, with this method you can also upgrade m4 to m5

[@gogomac]

Gracias, son ustedes unos Magos!!!

[@sachinmesta4238]

nice to see your video, Since there are no moving parts, its a good design, further, power button below makes sure that its not pressed by mistake

[@aleks5303]

You are The Best and TOP Master!!!

[@TheYancydog]

Very nice work 👍

[@robeigner4390]

I was hoping you had figured out how to build a compatible SSD card. Replacing the NAND chip is not something that anyone should do without proper tools and the knowledge you could easily destroy the entire card.

[@SelimDolu]

building a compatible ssd card is harder than replacing bga nand chip

[@DarthLordRaven]

exactly as an it person myself why is that card swappable in the first place?! so this can be replaced, why is it designed like that, lol. Their nands on this aren't even fast even on the pro models you can get up to 4000 on their stock ones. we do easily for a couple of years already 6500+MB/s on nvme drives. Apple is a load of Bull.

[@evindrews]

I don't think this is possible.. Apple places the flash controller on the motherboard. This is just NAND. Maybe someone can produce custom chips, unless apple has software restrcitions on 3rd party

[@aetherift_]

@@robeigner4390 hardware id locks detect board level changes, apple devices frimware makes only Component level repair possible with out major firmware hacking that flips failsafes in in firmware

[@aliasdesconocido8690]

@@DarthLordRaven Ya existen las NVMe Gen 5 con hasta 15000/MBs y mucho mas accesibles.

[@MaacAbra]

You are awesome. 🙀

[@AdeelMuhammad]

it was so easy that already have done my Mac mini before even the video was half way through.

[@ibixinthemix]

Very good job 👍👌

[@LudgerLeibl]

Thanks a lot

[@LibraKeyS]

The to-do section of your PCB is very clean.

[@idldmit]

so easy... everyone should try it with his macmini

[@_SleekGeek]

@@idldmit ….5 min in “no no no no no” - cute cat

[@LR52VUU]

Watched a few of these vdo's now. No mention of the cost of the 2TB upgrade and where to buy it from. Also, where and how much does it cost to buy the tools. It'd be nice if a group of ten people decided to buy the 2TB chips and then shared the cost of the tools. They'd meet up on weekends and take time to upgrade all ten Mac Mini M4's. Who's up for it?

[@niyazzmoithu20]

I saw 1TB+1TB m2 pro mini nand for $127 including shipping in aliexpress. So adding the repair charge it might cost you around $200 - $250 🤷‍♂️( In china this may the total cost maybe less than $200 or $150). This kind of repairs can be only possible by extreme professionals like the guy in the video. For the same storage upgrade, apple ask you $800.

[@NarutoUzumaki-er4bx]

Hello kingsener I wanted to know about the charges you guys take while upgrading Ipad pro,iphone SSD

[@ShaunPaulJohnston]

Hi, just wondering if you would offer a service to send the storage to yourself to be upgraded. The restore part could be done afterwards. Or are you able to supply the replacement chips?

[@niyazzmoithu20]

Chips are available in aliexpress, what's challenging is the actual process, which is only possible by a highly skilled repairer.

[@georgetechtips8804]

@@niyazzmoithu20 chips on Ali express are not always reliable as they are rejects from Foxconn factory...which are not allowed to sell apple and chips legally! so after all the hard work yours may be defective... luck of the draw

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Where can you buy the NAND? Where did you get the restore software from?

[@maks-yaremenko]

you need to use second mac os device to install software, software itself will be downloaded automatically, you'll to connect mac in recovery (DFU) mode to your working device

[@danelectr]

@@maks-yaremenko where yo buy the nand?

[@qzc528]

@@danelectr SEG

[@shubinternet]

For the software, you use Apple Configurator (as shown on screen), and you out the device into DFU mode.

[@niyazzmoithu20]

I see plenty on aliexpress.

[@openformatmusic7932]

would u guys do an upgrade for the mac mini M4 Pro? I think it has a different SSD PCB. many thanks

[@niyazzmoithu20]

Its easily possible(for him). I think pro's can go up to 8TB and they have twice the speed, if I'm right.

[@alexfishlock2257]

at 04:00 he adds a rosin dusting. Anyone know where to get this stuff?

[@darkglass1]

Or … just buy the lowest cost internal storage from Apple and add an external Thunderbolt 4/5 SSD enclosure and the M.2 drive of your choice. Transfer speed with T-5 is almost just as fast as internal.

[@LanceRazon]

I see your macbook has screen protector is it safe to use it? I have my macbook now its been a year now the the keyboard has imprinted on the screen cannot be cleaned, wished I had known earlier

[@mlamta-aemg]

nicely done. estimated costs on parts and labour?

[@medicusdkfz]

Hi, thank you for this video… What kind of sealing compound are you using in 7:02?

[@triangulovoador2295]

Thank you ;-X

[@granmaito]

Love my mac, its so easy to do an upgrade

[@Fromega001]

Easy !!!!! are you funny? try any pc and you'll be how easy us in real life lol

[@granmaito]

@Fromega001 you mean PCs are upgradeable without a soldering gun and custom pcbs? Thats insane!

[@georgetechtips8804]

lol...do it and post it on you tube...do you have a you tube channel...I do and I wouldn't do this...the band chips from china may arrive defective after all of this the upgrades may not show up in macOS

[@granmaito]

@georgetechtips8804 when i need more space i just buy the new model, they are pretty cheap. Dont understand the windows users buying SSDs...

[@miguelabundis2409]

What’s the thing in the syringe that you add on the border to stay in place?

[@danielmorrison7579]

Could you please tell me the brand and site of the UV active resin you used?

[@chkid]

And by the way, the brand "MECHANIC" is a highly recognized brand in the Chinese market in this field.

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

M4 Mini PRO supports 8TB... That's the 3rd-Party upgrade to buy!

[@lcprod]

great!

[@ahrrr7690]

I mean it’s cool but I’ll wait till there’s a solution like recent kickstarter for Mac Studio.

[@dilip.rajkumar]

How can get faster SSD speeds with these NAND upgrades ? The M4 (10C-CPU/10c-GPU) with 512 GB SSD upgrade from Apple is giving 4000+ Mbps read/write speeds?

[@Hector_Malot]

How do you know the micro connectors are all correctly positioned?

[@SKL-qx8hd]

Are you selling ready-made memory for Mac Mini M4?

[@olavaaf2218]

Nice, where did you get the chips?

[@kingsener]

www.batterymall.com/products/nand-for-macbook-hard-drive-macmini-m1-m2-m3-m4-512g-1tb?variant

[@cvtogate]

And now my brand new Mac is a brick! LOL

[@kingsener]

Why？😂

[@bryans8656]

Brilliant!

[@davideloi9176]

I really wonder why they didn't put the switch on button on the top, under the apple logo. They could have used the button-sensor that is used for the home button in the iphone se2022

[@MarcoMoralesF]

@@davideloi9176 es porque es un chip ARM que está diseñado para que NO apagues la Mac. Es como si desearías apagar tu iPhone. El gasto de energía en modo descanso es bajísimo.

[@DarthLordRaven]

because apple designers are a bunch of idiots, example why they finally get to usb c maaaaanyyy years later and they still put the charging port on the magic mouse on the bottom. This is overclassed dumbness i say. Who the hell needs their need packing anyway, once seen once gone.

[@niyazzmoithu20]

​@@MarcoMoralesFAlso they do weird thinks in every product to just get the attention it need(so people will talk about and meme about it, which increase its popularity, catch larger consumers). End of the day, bad attentence(publicity) is also attention, its just a marketing strategy from Apple.

[@timotaio69]

Man!! I got all excited! Then was let down. Of course Apple won't let you to just change out the drive! The taking out and the replacing of the Nand is beyond me. At this point, I would not want to mess something up. Who knows though. I may try to do that some day. It's good for you, to learn new things.

[@birjudesigner]

awesome cat

[@kritikusi-666]

do they not make replaceable modules yet?

[@RyanPerrella]

Definitely can’t do thins kind of SSD upgrade with my tools. I’ll order from Apple appropriately, nice work.

[@ambhaiji]

Apple 2019 8TB for $2200 The rest 8TB for $1200-1600 Apple 2024 8TB for $2400 The rest 8TB for $650-1100

[@irap1269]

Sure. Apple is crazy expensive but at least you get twice this guy’s read / write speeds

[@niyazzmoithu20]

​@@irap1269He is using a base m4 chip. I think it it have limited bandwidth compared to pro/max chip, that why you see half the memory speed.

[@andymark3664]

In such a video you would have to tell where to buy these NANDs, the sieve, solder paste, what temperature of the hot air, how long to heat up.... Not everyone does such things every day.

[@qwertyuiopqwertyuiop1464]

Can you confirm is the nand chips the mac mini uses are the same as the iPhone 16's?

[@鬼點矣]

Holy! I heard it's not upgradable. Now you make it this way. XDDDD

[@patriceverment2443]

I’ve a question, can we change only by a new nvme 2230?

[@djxcel23]

There are other KZbin’s that have done this same thing. Look at them if there is a question you put here that doesn’t get answered. Also you can just get an external SSD 2tb for $120

[@DarthLordRaven]

no one wants external for working internal.

[@TheTribeIAm]

You can, but you will not have access to the Apple Intelligence service, Apple disables it when the OS is booted from an External Drive.

[@niyazzmoithu20]

Yeah. Also with a good enlosure it be $200 total.@@TheTribeIAm

[@Tigerex966]

Ai does not work when booted from external drive. Try it This is why this is important and other security measures.

[@Gisburne2000]

For 99% of people it's just a better idea to use an external SSD drive. If you get the right enclosure/board they are just as fast as the original internal storage, and if you want more you can just plug in another one.

[@dmdunn]

@@Gisburne2000 What is the right enclosure and storage to get performance on par with internal storage?

[@PaulKentSkates]

OWC makes one called the 1m2 that many people are using, but it’s really slow with thunderbolt 3. (For my m1 Mac with TB3 I personally use the fledging Shell thunder. With 2,498 MB/s read and 2,309 MB/s write it seems fast enough for my video editing so I may just keep it after I s-grade to an m4 desktop ) I would still get 512gb for a boot drive, since booting from an enclosure messes up the AI stuff. If you want to move just your home folder to an external drive you will need to do it when you first start using your Mac, before you do anything with it.

[@baghdadlover01]

How much did it cost to buy the 2Tb and how can i get mine done

[@niyazzmoithu20]

less than $150.

[@scottdalon801]

Nice video. It would be great to see if you could figure out how to upgrade the memory!

[@didilaa2358]

A visual arts course for heart surgeons

[@kingsener]

Thank you very much.

[@billfuentes7989]

Homie got skills!

[@leeck_anderson9492]

Apple : You've stolen our money!!!

[@michelebifulco2011]

for mac studio m2 ? 512 Gb to 4 Tb ?

[@jorgem50]

Apple going send this guy a ceast and desist letter pretty soon.

[@runtime1976]

It would be much easier to develop a clip on socket solution, clip on like a cpu socket

[@GaryFerrao]

you didn't even power on the new Mac first; you just removed the soldered storage straight after unboxing lol. Apple is committing to e-waste as no one wants to use these 128 GB storage modules and would happily remove them. lol it's a very clean job: no residue. although you re-sealed it with much more than it came with. where could we buy these flash storage chips?

[@twinsmm1]

in my country they're called nail clippers.

[@PIRAT3ASSASIN]

Mui buen trabajo

[@madbadger85]

give it time, some companies will start doing these as an upgrade.....

[@jorgem50]

The fact that all this BS has to be done to expand the lame ass 256g storage that apple offers is insane.

[@lee8org]

What sort of rate You charge per job or an hour???

[@dmdunn]

Is it possible to buy a M.2 2230 SSD to put in the place of the original storage?

[@Abazzaar]

At least, notch position seems different from regular B & M keys, so common SSD won't fit.

[@lse123polis]

Rather than replace each NAND Chips, why you have not buy a whole NVMe card, and replace the easy way?

[@RedClaws519]

i think because of controller. usually nvme comes with controller but for this the controller baked into the m4 chip.

[@kokohenker9439]

Ich gucke die Videos gern, nur schade das es niemand in Deutschland macht.

[@leeahegg2377]

Genius!

[@dracwula]

And still to this day, from motherboards to soldered RAM to proprietary flash memory SSDs ... Macs scaM 😂

[@neilquinn]

Are there any faster NAND chips you can use? Those speeds seem slower than the stock Apple nand, or faster gen 4 chips out there that can do 5-7GB/sec

[@TheTribeIAm]

It seems from what i have seen so far, that's on par for the Base Model M4 because of its limited bandwidth, you have to go to the M4 Pro to see SSD R/W speeds in the 5-7Gbps range.

[@REFORGER_2023]

Exactly. Also the Pro allows you an upgrade up to 8GB.

[@LelouchLamperouge235]

@@REFORGER_2023 damn, i would love to see an 8TB upgrade done "on the cheap"

[@robertp457]

The speeds you get when actually using them is far less of a difference and won't likely be noticeable. I've used the fastest available SSDs and they don't make a big enough difference to spend the extra money on them. 1-2 seconds booting up faster and no difference in opening up programs.

[@robertp457]

@@REFORGER_2023 Who would pay that much to upgrade to 8TB, though? That wouldn't make any sense to pay for that.

[@merion297]

Okay but where to buy it? :)

[@orandaadnaro]

I think I'll wait until three's a third party update card available. That Hot Air blower looked pretty lethal in the wrong hands.

[@MicheIIePucca]

ya... especially if the hot air flow is so high, it blows all the small smd caps and resistors off. :)

[@Helios.vfx.]

doubt that's gonna happen

[@marioalday5966]

mask the other components with kapton tape before apllying the hot air.

[@niyazzmoithu20]

That might not happen. Apple serialize every component so this is the only way.

[@MicheIIePucca]

@@niyazzmoithu20 Just another reason why government regulators need to go after Apple and other manufacturers who take obvious measures to hinder "self repair".

[@xano1982]

whats about speed from this new ssd?

[@rickjason215]

20 years ago I could do this. Now, no way. I would simply hook up an external drive.

[@e99g]

Why do you always add the UV Glue?

[@UnemployedFakeGuru]

Most pro replacement yet.

[@niyazzmoithu20]

Watch his other repair videos, this guy is the real deal. He is what I dream about a repairer, just so so good at his work.

[@GiesbertNijhuis]

I can not do that. But my robot can.

[@evgenevgenin3730]

do i need to record data from iphone nand?

[@actualvein9116]

I saw that m4 mac mini 512 GB models reached speeds of 4000 MB / s. Can we increase the speeds of 256 GB models when upgrading to 2 TB?

[@stephenlim3639]

Wow. How much for delivery of mini Mac and upgrade 2TB to Singapore? Just curious

[@niyazzmoithu20]

Me too bro. This is next level works. The guy is so good in his repairs.

[@Alekkiy]

Are you able to upgrade the Ram as well?

[@robeigner4390]

Nope. Memory is part of the SoC and can't be changed.

[@L0p3s]

It’s actually possible, I’ve seen Chinese videos of a guy upgrading a MBA M1 with 8Gigs to 16 Gigs. But it’s very hard to do off course.

[@Alekkiy]

@@L0p3s It definitely needs to be done by a professional if you aren't experienced, but crazy that you can buy the base model and upgrade this much, on a mac device of course.

[@6581punk]

Macs are so simple they said. Want to add more internal storage? get your hot air desoldering station ready. PC? just undo a screw, stick in a new module.